MA Student
Nimrit Jhinjar is a second-year M.A. student in the School and Applied Child Psychology (SACP) program at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She holds an undergraduate degree in Honours Psychology and has worked across school, community, and clinical settings supporting children and adolescents with diverse learning, behavioural, and social-emotional profiles. Nimrit is currently completing her practicum at UBC’s Psychological Services and Counselling Training Centre, where she conducts psychoeducational assessments and interventions with children and youth. Nimrit’s SSHRC-funded master’s thesis, Voices of Transition: Exploring the Aspirations of Autistic Individuals Preparing to Graduate Secondary School, uses interpretative phenomenological analysis to center autistic youth perspectives during the transition from secondary school. She is committed to neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based, and advocacy-oriented practice, and is particularly interested in how school psychologists can support systemic change to improve accessibility of services to students and families. As a member of CCSJ, Nimrit values collective action and community-engaged scholarship, and is honoured to contribute to the committee’s mission of advancing equity, inclusion, and social justice within SACP and beyond.
Research Interests:
Nimrit’s research centers on school psychology practice through a neurodiversity-affirming lens, with a particular focus on student voice and transition planning for autistic youth. Her work emphasizes autonomy-supportive practices, strengths-based approaches, and participatory methodologies that challenge deficit-based frameworks within educational and clinical systems.